Fabric holder



Feb. 3, 1925.

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Patented Feb. 3, 1925.

UNITED STA'l'E A 1,524,732 earner Erica.

HARVEY JAMES DE FOREST, OF TURNER, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO DE FOREST PRODUCTSi COMPANY, OF TURNER, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE. I

FABRIC HOLDER;-

Application filed February 26, 1924. Serial No. 695,356.

To all whom 272, may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY J. DE F ounsr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Turner, in the county of-rindroscoggin and Stateof Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FabricHolders, of which the following is a speci fication.

My present invention relates to a frame for holding an area of fabricwhile certain work is being performed thereon.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of such meanswhereby an area of fabric of any desired kind may be stretched to therequired looseness or tight ness while work is performed thereon, suchas sewing, embroidering, or the working of a design upon the fabric byany desired method. V I

Specifically the invention has been found to be of great value in theproducing of rugs made according to the method of my Patent No.1,487,318. r i

Another important objectof the inven tion is the provision of means, asabove, to which the fabric may be readily and quickly attached, and fromwhich it may be detaohed.

Still another object is the arranging of parts so that any portion ofthe fabric may be tightened or loosened without affecting the remainder.

To this end my invention includes a frame adapted to either be supportedin spaced relation from the floor, a table, or the like, or to be hungfrom a wall or ceiling, as may be desired. Around the periphery of theframe are provided hooks or fastening means adapted to engage a toothedcomb which directly engages the fabric. The books so cooperate with thecomb that a pull on the comb by the fabrictowards the center of theframe, causes the hooks to lock in the frame, which holds the fabricstretched efficiently.

I have shown one embodiment of the invention in the accompanyingdrawings, which are to be taken as illustrating the preferred form only.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of the device,partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4;, '5 and 6, are details of the holdmg mean Referring now moreparticularly to the illustration, the frame is shown at 1, sup- Y portedupon legs 2. v On the inside of the frame parts 1 are sockets or guideways 3 having longitudinal deformations 4 shghtlv larger than thedimensions of a hook hav} M mg a turned-over" end 5 and a straight shank6. The longitudinal deformation. i is provided with a lateral cut, asshown at 7, the metal of the upper-portion of the deformation 4 beingpunched or pressed in. M as at 8, whlch is adapted to engage a cuta-wayportion 9 in the shank 6 when the hook is pulled toward the centerof the frame. That is, as longas the shank 6 of the hook liessubstantially. adjacent to the inner side of the frame parts,the'pres'sedin portion 8 doesinot engage the cut away portion 9 of thebook, but. when pressure is exerted on the hooked end 5 toward thecenter ofthe frame, the pressed-in part 8 enters the cut away portion 9,which effectively prevents the hook from being withdrawn from thelongitudinal deformation. A plurality of these hooks are located on theinside of the frame parts 1.

A. comb member 10, substantially eg shaped in cross section, is providedwith teeth 11 along one edge, which teeth are adapted to engage thefabric shown at 12.

It will be readily seen that when the comb 10 is placed beneath thehooked ends 5 of the fastening members, the fabric, if se cured to theother side of the frame in the same manner, will tend to cause movementof the comb toward the other side of the frame. As above described, thiscauses the hooks to lock in their sockets. It will also be apparent thatif the fabric passes between the top of the frame and the bottom of thecomb 10, there is a tendency for the comb to rotate, whichrotationceases when the teeth 11 engage the top of the frame 1. It willalso be seen that this partial rotation of the comb 10 about the underside of the comb adjacent the teeth as a fulcrum,

' causes upward movement of the rear top securely retains comb and hookin lockedposition. A similar comb is provided for each sideof the frame.

When. it is desiredi to tighten certain portions of the fabric Withoutaffecting the other parts, it is only necessary to take hold of thatpart of the fabric projecting beyond the frame at the point which itdesired to tighten, and pull slightly in a horizontal plane, which willrelease thefabric from the teeth. at. this point. Further pull willtighten the fabric, and upon moving this. portion. upward-1yv above thetop of the comb, the teeth will bev made to engage the fabricat a newpoint, and securely hold the fabric inv this tightened position.

Having, thus described my invention, what I claim isa- 1. A device of.the character described, including; a. frame, a. comb carried thereby,means for securing the comb to the frame, said comb being, egg-shaped.in. cross. sectionwhereby the comb is. wedged. against the. combsecuring means by the partialr rotationofthe comb.

2.. Adevice of the character. described,.ineluding a. frame, a combcarried thereby, means for. securing the comb to the frame, said mean-svincluding a hook, said hook being removably. held in a socket carried bythe frame, said. socket including a member having a. longitudinaldeformation adapted ,to engage the hook and holdi the same in position.

3 A. device; of thecharacter described, including a frame, a. combcarried. thereby, means for securing the comb to. the frame,

said means including a hook, said hook being removably held in a socketcarried by the frame, said?- socket having an punched in portionengaging said hook and retaining the same in the socket.

4. A device oftliecharacter described, i;n clud ing aframe, acombcarried thereby, means for securing the comb to the frame, includinga hook detachably socketed to theframe,.said hook having a straightshank partially cut away, said socket having a punched-in portionadapted to engage the shank. of the hook upon movement of the hookupward. and towa-rdthe center of the frame.

5. In combination, a frame, a fabric stretched thereover, a. combplacedon top of the, fabric, teeth on the outside longitudinal edge of thecomb, said teeth engaging the fabric, and means to secure the comb, tothe frame,.the tension of said fabric causing said. teeth to bedepressed against said frame whereby the fabric is retained initsstretched condition on, the frame.

6. In combination, a frame, a fabric stretched. thereover, a; combplaced on top of." the fabric, teeth on the outside longitudinal edge ofthe comb, said teethv engaging; the fabric, means tosecurethe comb tothe frame, tension of the fabric on one sideof the frame causing theretention of the. fabric on the comb, and a wedging action. between thecomb and. its securing means on the other side ofthe frame.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa- HARVEY JAMES'DE FOREST.

